Hoyer Press Staff Blog

Blog posts from the press staff of Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer

As House Republicans waste another day posturing while continuing to block a vote on a clean government funding bill that would immediately end the shutdown, we thought you all would enjoy some editorial cartoons on how the shutdown is being perceived across the country.

We know our reporter friends are tired after these past few days of the GOP shutdown, so in case you haven’t written your questions for the Republican press conference today, we thought we’d help you out.

With the Republican strategy of shutting down the government over the Affordable Care Act facing sharp criticism across America, here’s confirmation that their strategy doesn’t get any more popular when it comes to paying our nations bills, according to a new poll by CNN/ORC International:

As Republican dysfunction reaches new lows, the GOP strategy of holding hostage both government funding and the full faith and credit of the United States have been criticized by economists, the American people, and now one of their greatest allies, Wall Street.

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